Landscape = the entire landscape. You will not be dividing your actual landscape into parts.
near = all “ground” foliage that’s … short. Bushes, rocks, etc
far = all your trees
clutter = that layer that never really works right
So lets say you did a 32x32 landscape and you want to break it down … and this is an example
you would do, 1024 near maps (broken down 1x1) and 1024 far maps. “A1_Near” and “A1_Far”. Seems silly right? That’s why its an example.
realistically, you could look at your map and say "well i want a jungle there, and, beaches here, and … plains there with grasslands … mountains here and there and there and there … etc
so, with that, you can say “Jungle1_Near” and “Jungle1_Far”. … break that down with just visually looking (its so easy) and do HALF of “Jungle1” and split it into 2 sections … thus making “Jungle1_A_Near” and “Jungle_A_Far” then followed with “Jungle1_B_Near” and “Jungle1_B_Far” …
I decided against the standard “A1_Near” and “A1_Far” stuff because keeping track of the grid just wasn’t in my daily plan. I just visually split the map into what i wanted to paint and where … divided up the sections and it seems to work well. Whatever is easier for you.